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Super Bowl most watched program ever
The Super Bowl always has provided an extraordinary number of viewers. But it wasn’t the most-watched program in U.S. television history -- until Sunday.
The Saints’ 31-17 victory over Colts was watched by an estimated average of 106.5 million viewers on CBS, meaning it surpassed the final episode of M*A*S*H in 1983 (106 million) to become the most-watched program in television history according to Nielsen.
CBS’ coverage had a fast national household rating of 45.0 and a 68 share, up 7 percent from last year’s 42.0 rating and 64 share for Pittsburgh’s victory over Arizona.
Sunday’s game was the highest-rated Super Bowl in 14 years.
Locally, the game had a 51 rating and 75 share on WCCO (Ch. 4). That placed the Twin Cities 15th out of the 50-plus metered markets in the United States, an improvement from last season when the Steelers’ victory had a 43.4 rating and 67 share on NBC affiliate KARE (Ch. 11). That put Minneapolis-St. Paul 28th out of the 56 metered markets.
New Orleans was the top-rated market with a 56.3 rating and 82 share on Sunday. The rating is the percentage of the total population of televisions tuned to a particular prorgram; share is the percentage of televisions actually in use.
| Date/Opponent | Time | W | L | Score | Preseason |
| Aug 14 - at St. Louis | 7:00 PM | |||
| Aug 22 - at San Francisco | 7:20 PM | |||
| Aug 28 - vs. Seattle | 7:00 PM | |||
| Sep 2 - vs. Denver | 7:00 PM | |||
| Regular season | ||||
| Sep 9 - at New Orleans | 7:30 PM | |||
| Sep 19 - vs.Miami | 12:00 PM | |||
| Sep 26 - vs. Detroit | 12:00 PM | |||
| Open | ||||
| Oct 11 - at N.Y. Jets | 7:30 PM | |||
| Oct 17 - vs. Dallas | 3:15 PM | |||
| Oct 24 - at. Green Bay | 7:20 PM | |||
| Oct 31 - at New England | 3:15 PM | |||
| Nov. 7 - vs. Arizona | 12:00 PM | |||
| Nov. 14 - at Chicago | 12:00 PM | |||
| Nov 21 - vs. Green Bay | 12:00 PM | |||
| Nov 28 - at Washington | 12:00 PM | |||
| Dec 5 - vs. Buffalo | 12:00 PM | |||
| Dec 12 - vs. N.Y. Giants | 12:00 PM | |||
| Dec 20 - vs. Chicago | 7:30 PM | |||
| Dec 26 - at Philadelphia | 12:00 PM | |||
| Jan 2 - at Detroit | 12:00 PM |
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